Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501): Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female was 46.1% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
46.1%
Change on year
up 0.3%
Rank
134th
of 211 groups
All-time high
46.2%
in 2022
All-time low
33.5%
in 1994
Years of data
31
1994–2024
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), 1994–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in %.
Analysis
ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) recorded 46.1% for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in 2024.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) peaked at 46.2% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 33.5%, in 1994.
That places ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) 134th out of 211 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501), year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 33.5% | — |
| 1995 | 34.2% | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 34.7% | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 35.5% | +2.2% |
| 1998 | 37.0% | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 38.4% | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 38.7% | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 39.3% | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 40.2% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 41.6% | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 42.1% | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 42.7% | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 43.3% | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 43.3% | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 44.9% | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 44.8% | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 45.6% | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 45.9% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 46.1% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 45.5% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 44.4% | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 44.8% | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 44.2% | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 44.2% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 44.7% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 45.0% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 45.0% | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 45.3% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 46.2% | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 45.9% | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 46.1% | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.5% | 33.5% | 38.4% | 6 |
| 2000s | 42.1% | 38.7% | 44.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 45.0% | 44.2% | 46.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.7% | 45.0% | 46.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- 131 Timor-Leste 31.6% compare
- 132 Angola 30.1% compare
- 133 Rwanda 29.0% compare
- 134 Afghanistan 28.1% compare
- 135 Bangladesh 28.1% compare
- 136 Niger 26.6% compare
- 137 Djibouti 26.2% compare
More education data for ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 40.79 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 19.75 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 2.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 2.58 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), annual growth rate 1.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.7891 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 26.65 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 21.05 million (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) was 46.1% in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The highest recorded value was 46.2% in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female recorded in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.5% in 1994.
- How does ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) rank for percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female?
- ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) ranks 134th out of 211 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female rising or falling in ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCWA: Arab Countries (unsdcode:98501) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Percentage of teachers in upper secondary education who are female (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release